1. Unit: Students will understand that the country of Haiti is a third world nation that has experienced constant tragedy.
1. Unit: How does tragedy affect people?
2. English: Students will understand that there are a variety of values and beliefs in Haiti.
Students will understand that different forms of loss creates emotional reactions.
2. English: Why are the variety various religions practiced in Haiti important?
How do the Haitian people react to loosing their homes and families?
3. Math: Students will understand how the mean, median, mode, range and quartiles can demonstrate the demographics in Haiti.
Students will understand how the demographics and population can be computed using such methods as organized lists, tree diagrams, and area models.
3. Math: How have the demographics in Haiti maintained the cycle of tragedy?
How are the population and demographics related?
4. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Haitian people have experience constant political upheaval.
Students will understand that, due to a lack of technology, Haiti has had to deforest its country to use for energy.
4. Social Studies:How does a small island nation, comprised of slaves, manage to overthrow the mighty French empire led by Napoleon?
Can Haiti sustain this massive deforestation? What does this mean for its economy?
Understandings and Questions
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Students will understand that different forms of loss creates emotional reactions.
How do the Haitian people react to loosing their homes and families?
Students will understand how the demographics and population can be computed using such methods as organized lists, tree diagrams, and area models.
How are the population and demographics related?
Students will understand that, due to a lack of technology, Haiti has had to deforest its country to use for energy.
Can Haiti sustain this massive deforestation? What does this mean for its economy?